Croatia

Croatia Information Region Europe Population 4453500 GDP (millions USD) 51,356 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction permitted Eggs for research no policy Inheritable genetic modification PROHIBITED Preimplantation genetic diagnosis social uses prohibited Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning PROHIBITED Sex selection Social uses prohibited Surrogacy PROHIBITED International Agreements 1997 COE Biomedicine Convention RATIFIED 1998 COE Cloning Convention RATIFIED 2005 UN Cloning Vote YES 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention RATIFIED 2007 Treaty of Lisbon not signed

Key laws and policies

• Council of Europe Convention on Biomedicine and Human Rights and Additional Protocol on Cloning (1997, 1998)
• The law on medically assisted fertilization ("National Gazette" 86/2012)
• The Family Act (2003) Obiteljski Zakon (See http://pak.hr/cke/propisi,%20zakoni/en/FamilyAct/EN.pdf.)

Prohibited practices

• Inheritable genetic modification
• Reproductive cloning
• Research cloning
• Sex selection for social purposes
• PGD for social purposes
• Somatic genetic enhancement
• Surrogacy (The Croatian Family Act proscribes that the child's mother is the woman who gave birth to the child. This article is viewed as excluding the legal possibility to institute surrogacy in Croatia.)

Permitted and regulated practices

• Cohabiting couples and single women may access assisted reproductive treatments.
• Gametes and embryos can be donated and cryopreserved up to five years (with the opportunity to extend the time limit).
• Donation of gametes is strictly voluntary and unpaid.
• Gender selection of embryos is only permitted in the eventuality of sex-linked diseases.